Display-holder.



W. 0. KLEE.

DISPLAY HOLDER. IIIIIIIIIIIIIII D MAR 24 1913.

1,081,048. I I v Patented Dec. 9,1913.

WILLIAM G. KLEE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2 1, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Serial No. 756,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. KLEE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display-Holders, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to display holders and more particularly to that type for holding in an upright position boxes, books, cards, photographs and other articles to be displayed, an object of the invention being to provide a cheap and inexpensive construction which may be adapted to the size of the article to be held so that the holder will be substantially hidden when the article is viewed from the front of said holder.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter de scribed, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder with a number of the extensions located in proximity thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the holder showing the positions of the extension when in use; and 3 is a rear view of the holder showing an article supported thereon and two of the extensions in position.

in the present embodiment of the invention there is employed a base member 1 having a base face 2 which rests on the supporting surface. Rising from the base memher 1 is a supporting member 3 preferably arranged at an oblique angle to the base face 2 and having a supporting face l for cooperation with the article 5 to be displayed, the latter resting at its lower end upon the rest portion 6 which projects beyond the supporting member 3 and has its supporting face preferably at right angles to the face 41, the supporting face in this instance being in the form of a rubber or other friction piece 7 secured to the rest portion 6.

lhe base piece 1 and the supporting me1nber 3 are preferably made of minimum size both to reduce the cost of making thereof and to permit it to be hidden by a small article held thereon. To the end that the holder may be utilized for supporting large articles without becoming top heavy, extensions are provided for the base member and the supporting member. Preferably, these extensions are in the form of wooden rods or strips 8, being connected to the members 1 and 3 by extending into pockets or bores formed in the said members 1 and 3. These pockets preferably have their longi tudinal axes lying at very acute angles to the faces 2 and 4L respectively in order that the strips or rods 8 will at some points intersect the planes of the faces 2 and 4:. While the rods 8 are of different lengths and would project different distances beyond the planes of the faces 2 and l, they are also slightly flexible so that they yield under the weight of the article to accom1nodate themselves thereto.

lirom the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a cheap and inexpensive structure which is strong and durable in use, not liable to get out of order and inconspicuous while employed for the purpose for which it is designed, being adapt ed to be accommodated to the size of the article and to be hidden by the latter.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display holder comprising a base having a lower face to rest upon a supporting surface and also having a pocket at its rear extending in the direction of the base face in proximity to said face near the center of the latter but above the same, a supporting member having a supporting face at an oblique angle to the base face and also having a pocket at its upper portion extending in the direction of the supporting face in proximity to but in rear of said face near the center of the latter, a rest at the lower end from the supporting face, and rods fitted in the pockets of the base and the supporting member to extend the supporting faces of the latter.

2. A display holder comprising a base having a lower face to rest upon a supporting surface and also having a pocket at the rear thereof extending in the direction of the base face and at an acute angle to the plane thereof, a supporting member having a supporting face at an oblique angle ing to extend the supporting faces of the to the base face and also hoping adpocket base and the supporting member.

at the upper portion thereo eXten ing in the direction of the supporting face at an WILLIAM KLEE' acute angle to the plane of the latter, a rest at the lower end of the supporting face, and extensions fitted in the pockets and serv- Witnesses':

ADA lVL WHITMORE, FRANCES JAoUBoWI'rz.

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